Writing Seminar Pitts Spring 2012

Writing SeminarENGL 1231

Pitts

Traci Welch MoritzPublic Services Librarian

Assistant ProfessorHeterick Memorial Library

Welcome Professor Moritz, [email protected] Feel free to visit or email Librarians on duty 8-4:30, 6-9 Mon –

Thurs, 8-4:30 Friday and 10-3:30 on Sundays

IM and Chat Reference available certain times

Introduction

mailto:[email protected]

How am I suppose to remember all this stuff?

Heterick Memorial Library

Undergraduate Library, accessible to all

Libraries at ONU• Taggert Law Library

• Library for Law school, accessible to all

ONU card = Library ID

Remember to always use all 11 digits!

How to do research How to use library resources to do research

What resources to use when doing research

What we’ll do today

STEP 1: IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP YOUR TOPIC

STEP 2: FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATION

STEP 3: FIND INTERNET RESOURCES

*STEP 4: USE DATABASES TO FIND PERIODICAL ARTICLES

STEP 5: EVALUATE WHAT YOU FIND

STEP 6: PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER

STEP 7: CITE WHAT YOU FIND

Seven Steps of the Research ProcessAmended with permission by the Librarians at the Olin and Uris Libraries of Cornell University

How to do Research

STEP 1

• State your topic as a question

• Identify main concepts or keywords

• Test the topic -- Look for keywords and synonyms and related terms for the information sought

Subject headings in catalogsBuilt-in thesauri in many databases

Reference sources Textbooks, lecture notes, readings Internet Librarians, Instructors

Start at the beginningIDENTIFY AND DEVELOP YOUR TOPIC

FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Researching

STEP 2

Researching -- Catalogs

• Highly structured information environmentWay individual records are arrangedSubject headingsCatalog software optimized for aboveDeal with material in many formats

• Implies heavy human involvement• Emphasis on precision• Preparation relatively labor-intensive• Implies a learning curve to use successfully

Click on Library Catalog box at the home page of the library

Background Research -- Books

Find a Book -- POLAR

• Looks in several locations (usually subject, article title, abstracts or contents)

• Does not require an exact match

• Generates comparatively large number of hits (not precise)

• Good if you are not familiar with terminology


Materials owned by all Ohio colleges,

universities, several public libraries Ca. 10 million items Link from POLAR permits you to submit

requests. Available from Heterick home page

Most requests arrive in 2-3 working days No charge Limited to 100 items at a time MAY RENEW UP TO 4 TIMES

Find a Book -- OhioLINK

http://www.onu.edu/library/

http://www.onu.edu/library

Materials owned by all Ohio colleges,

universities, several public libraries Ca. 10 million items Link from POLAR permits you to submit

requests. Available from Heterick home page

Most requests arrive in 3-5 working days No charge Limited to 100 items at a time May keep up to 84 days

Find a Book -- OhioLINK

http://www.onu.edu/library/

Does the information located

satisfy the research need? Is the information factual and

unbiased? See handout “Critically Analyzing

Information Sources” the Writing Seminar Research Guide

What about Google?

STEP 3

Google and Wikipedia aren’t intrinsically evil, just use them for the correct purpose in your research.

What about Google?

Google Scholar

ONU buysFull-textdatabase

OhioLINKPermits

Google tolink to full-text

Google asksto link tocontent

ONU user sees licensed full-textarticles

Run Google ScholarSearch

Note: If working offcampus please see the “google scholar” tab at the Research Guide for Writing Seminar

Google Scholar

CRAAP test

Currency

Relevance/Coverage

Authority

Accuracy

Purpose/Objectivity

Timeliness of the information.

Depth and importance of the information.

Source of the information.

Reliability of the information

Possible bias present in the information.

Often tools for locating journal

and newspaper articles Most are subject-specific –

some multi-disciplinary Many give access to full text

of articles Heterick has 250+

Finding Journal Articles

STEP 4

Databases

Academic Search Complete Lexis-Nexis JSTOR : the Scholarly Journal

Archive Search by Subject/Discipline

for subject specific databases


http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/auth/checkbrowser.do?ipcounter=1&cookieState=0&rand=0.3717773665773565&bhcp=1

http://www.jstor.org/

http://www.jstor.org/

Over 20,000 journals indexed, most are full text

Divided by subject area offered at ONU

Begin with a general database, Academic Search Premier


Periodical means the same as Magazine

Usually magazines are more “popular”

JournalsScholarly or

ProfessionalPeer reviewed



Academic Search Complete

Keyword

Subject


What if it’s not available PDF or HTML?

Always hit the “find it” icon and see what happens next.


Could be available in EJC, the OhioLINK electronic database.


And could be available in

print


Reserve means the periodical/journal is

held at the front desk. Current means the issue is new and is

available on the open shelves beside the computer lab.

All others are upstairs and arranged alphabetically by title.

Bound means it’s out of the building Arrived means it’s on the open shelves Expected means it’s not here yet


Allows you to see what is

out there Helps you narrow your

topic and discard any irrelevant materials

Aids in developing the thesis

Makes you a better scholar

Evaluating resources

Annotated Bibliography

STEP 5

Managing the resources found:

Printing Saving Exporting

Pulling it all together

STEP 6


STEP 6

Accuracy. If your page lists the author and institution that published the page and provides a way of contacting him/her and…Authority. If your page lists the author credentials and its domain is preferred (.edu, .gov, .org, or .net), and, …Objectivity. If your page provides accurate information with limited advertising and it is objective in presenting the information, and… STEP

6


Currency. If your page is current and updated regularly (as stated on the page) and the links (if any) are also up-to-date, and…Coverage. If you can view the information properly--not limited to fees, browser technology, or software requirement, then…You may have a Web page that could be of value to your research!STEP

6


There are 3 citation styles that are in frequent used at ONU. They are:

• MLA (Modern Language Association)• APA (American Psychological

Association)• CMS (Chicago Manual of Style)

Cite what you find using standard formats

STEP 7

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

Research Ethics

Copyright - intended to promote

the arts and the sciences. It does this by providing authors of original literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works the ability to control how their work is used by others.

Research Ethics

Plagiarism - “...the wrongful

appropriation or purloining, and publication as one’s own, the ideas or the expression of the ideas (literary, artistic, musical, mechanical, etc.) of an other.” – see Heterick Help Page and Student Code of Conduct

Research Ethics

http://www.onu.edu/library/help/index.htm

In other words, to plagiarize is to

copy someone else’s work without giving him/her credit.

Plagiarism is not always intentional. You can do it by accident, but it is still against the law. If you ever have a question about whether something is plagiarized, please ask!

Research Ethics

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1. How not to plagiarize your report -- Shannon Hosier Mersand

Identify any information that would not be

considered common knowledge Unless in direct quotes, make sure you paraphrase

what the original author said Use a quote if you can’t think of a way to paraphrase

the information always, Always, ALWAYS cite the source of any

information in your paper which is not considered common knowledge. If you are unsure if something is common knowledge, cite it!

Research Ethics

2 How not to plagiarize your report -- Shannon Hosier Mersand

How may I avoid plagiarizing?2

HELP

Traci Welch Moritz, MLSPublic Services LibrarianAssistant Professor

Heterick Memorial Library

[email protected]

Reference Librarians on duty8a-4:30p Mon-Fri6p-9p Mon-Thur10a-3:30p Sundays

mailto:[email protected]

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